PEOPLE + WHAT THEY DID
VOCAB 1
VOCAB 2
THREE ESTATES
REVOLUTIONS+CAUSE
100

Wrote an article about the lack of education for women

“A Serious Proposal to the Ladies”


Mary Astell

100

A rebirth in the 1700s and 1800s of ancient Greek and Roman art forms.

Neoclassical

100

A central government run by elected officials who represent the voters.

Federal Republic

100

What did the 3rd Estate do when they heard what Louis XVI was going to do? What was that day called?

The 3rd Estate into the Bastille stole firearms, freed the prisoners, killed the guards, and took control of the prison. That day is called Bastille Day, or the French 4th of July. 

100

Which Revolution influenced the French Revolution? 

The American Revolution.

200

salon hostess

helped pay to publish the articles and essays of Enlightenment thinkers

Marie-Therese Geoffrin

200

A set of statements or principles made to explain a group of facts or phenomena.

Theory

200

An opening statement.

Preamble

200

What did the 1st Estate want?

They wanted power and money

200

Who was the person that united Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador?

Simon Bolivar 

300

got an education in science, math, and physics

wrote about the characteristics of fire

translated Newton’s teachings (from Latin to French) which helped French to understand it

Emilie due Chatelet

300

A system of government that allows each branch to limit the power of the others.

Checks and Balances

300

A new way of seeking truth in the mid-1500s that relied on observation, experimentation, and reasoning.

Scientific Revolution 

300

What did the 2nd Estate want?

They wanted power and money.

300

What led to the Boston Tea Party?

The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for tea. The colonists didn't want to be taxed

400

He was a Polish astronomer

He became convinced that the Earth and other planets revolved around the sun

He feared persecution and only published his ideas when dying

Copernicus

400

The supreme law of the United States, consisting of the originally ratified document and the amendments.

Constitution 

400

Having intellectual insight and being open-minded and educated.

Enlightened

400

What did the 3rd Estate want?

They wanted self-government, individual liberty, and to make their own laws.

400

Who freed native Argentina from Spain's rule?

Jose De San Martin.

500

self-taught by reading

ran a school with sisters

went to London to work for a publisher

married to a radical thinker in London named William Godwin

her daughter wrote the famous novel, Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft

500

A social gathering for intellectual discussions.

Salons

500

A speculative explanation for an unproven observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem.

Hypothesis

500

Who are in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Estates? Give two details about each Estate?

The Clergy of the Roman Church, the nobility (nobles), and all the other people. The Clergy of the Roman Church and the nobility (nobles) had the most power and didn't have to pay a lot of taxes. The common people had very little power and paid high taxes. They also believed in self-government, individual liberty, and that they had the right to make their own laws.

500

Who lead the rebellion that stopped Padre Miguel Hidalgo?

Agustin de Iturbide